> good developers being those that apply well-known and established (backend) practices to the frontend 100% agree with this. From my experience good front end

> good developers being those that apply well-known and established (backend) practices to the frontend 100% agree with this. From my experience good front end developers are much harder to come by in silicon valley. We use a general coding interview process, and really struggle finding experienced front end developers because its a hard position. When I have to touch javascript, I break everything, beg for help, then run back into my enterprise java code. This elitist backend attitude to me seems to stem from insecurities of us nerds. I personally feel inferior to front end developers, the ones I know are freaking magicians.